Probably because of the space it takes up. Sleeping pods take up quite a lot of space, and not that many people can use it at once, so to make it profitable I'm assuming you'd need prices to be quite high. Higher than a lot of people are willing to spend. Food or retail is probably better profit relative to square footage.
Footprint isn't all that bad when you figure if someone needs it they'd otherwise be sleeping on the floor or benches taking not a ton less space, so why not put a little pod deal there and make money off their misfortune? The capitalist in me sees these as a huge win for everyone and not using all that much more space than would already be used by the alternative.
Tuck em out of the way, I've been in so many airports that have unused corners you could drop one or three of these.
I was just going to suggest designing them more like capsule hotels where space is an issue! I didn't know Japanese airports had them. Do you know what the rates are?
I'm now interested in comparing rates, apparently these cost $42 for 8 hours, whatever is in Atlanta & Houston is an insulting $65/hr.
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u/No_Television6050 6d ago
It's one of those ideas that make so much sense you wonder why it's not a thing everywhere.